Citizens of Awareness City

[Verse 1] Rizen stood where the city wall Kept the evening from the plain Mother drew the curtains closed And named the far-off lights a danger [Pre-Chorus] But every child behind that wall Has a name, a door, a home [Chorus] Mother, why don’t we go there? Why can’t we like them too? I don’t understand this fear Of people we have never knew I won’t turn my heart away Just because their eyes are strange Let me meet the ones they call The citizens of Awareness City [Verse 2] “They are not like us,” they said In lessons set beside her plate Rizen traced the map at night And wondered who had drawn the line [Pre-Chorus] If we have never heard their voices How can we know what we should fear? [Chorus] Mother, why don’t we go there? Why can’t we like them too? I don’t understand this fear Of people we have never knew I won’t turn my heart away Just because their eyes are strange Let me meet the ones they call The citizens of Awareness City [Bridge] Maybe they keep gardens Maybe they tell old stories Maybe they are waiting With the same unanswered questions Mother, take my hand Let the gate become a door [Final Chorus] Mother, let us go there Let us learn what may be true I don’t want a borrowed hatred I want a chance to know them too I will meet them face to face And give kindness room to change Let the first step be our own Toward the city called Awareness [Outro] Rizen watched the wall grow small As morning opened up the road